459 Priestly Blessing

456. BLESSING OF THE PRIESTS – IN THE DAYS WHEN THE TEMPLE STOOD IN JERUSALEM, PEOPLE USED TO MAKE A PILGRIMAGE TO THE TEMPLE WHERE THEY WERE BLESSED BY THE PRIESTS. TODAY THE CEREMONY IS HELD AT THE WESTERN WALL, PIC: THE MEN WITH THE WHITE PRAYING SHAWLS, TALITOTH, ARE THE COHANIM, BLESSING THE PEOPLE. THREE YEARLY PILGRIMAGES INCLUDED SUCCOT, NEW YEAR AND PASSOVER